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We Hold These Truths To Be Self-evident, That All Men Are Created Equal, That They Are Endowed By Their Creator With Certain Unalienable Rights, That Among These Are Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness. We Have Heard And Read This Sentence All Our Lives. It Is Perfectly Familiar. But If We Pause Long Enough To Ask Ourselves Why Jefferson Wrote It In Exactly This Way, Questions Quickly Arise. Jefferson Chose To Use Rather Special And Very Precise Terms. He Did Not Simply Claim That We Have These Rights; He Claimed They Are Unalienable. Why Unalienable? Unalienable, Of Course, Means Not Alienable. Why Was The Distinction Between Alienable And Unalienable Rights So Important To The Founders That It Made Its Way Into The Declaration? For That Matter, Where Did It Come From? You Might Almost Get The Impression That The Founders' Examination Of Our Rights Had Focused On Alienable Versus Unalienable Rights-and You Would Be Correct. In Addition, The Declaration Does Not Simply Claim That These Are Truths; It Claims They Are Self-evident Truths. Why Self-evident? The Declaration's Special Claim About Its Truths, It Turns Out, Is The Result Of Those Same Deliberations As A Result Of W

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Author

Curry, Robert

Publisher

Encounter Books

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781594038266

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Philosophy, History

Rating

4.6 / 5 (74 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14